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Portage County District Library. The digital collection of the Portage County District Library containing over 700 photos from all over NE Ohio. These links will take you to a index where you can search through the photos made available via libraries and historical societies throughout the area.
Summit Memory. Welcome to Summit Memory, an online scrapbook capturing the history of Summit County, Ohio. Administered by the Akron-Summit County Public Library, Summit Memory is a county-wide collaborative project.


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Not to pick on a fellow finance guy but I'm going to be at 7 months this week
Ugh, I think it being the end of the month is throwing me off for some reason - sorry.
Plus, I'm still really tired from my vacation.
Congrats to everyone still on the streak.
I'm resetting with a start day of tomorrow. I've been MIA, even on running. My darn ankle injury has just friggin snowballed, and my docs have me on a new medication for an unrelated problem that has totally gotten my routines screwed up (and makes my heart race, so I can't do much more than a minimal effort without feeling like crap).
I'm likely deferring MCM until 2010 and DNSing steamtown. Better safe than sorry, so I'll just focus on getting back into things slowly, aiming an hour a day starting tomorrow wih NO pace limits or concerns about walk breaks and rebuilding so I can do a fall 'thon next year.
Chris PRs: 27:26 5k/ 49:52 5mi/ 58:17 10k/ 2:09:24 half/ 5:13:17 Full
Post-Bipolar PRs: 38:35 5k/ 1:09:34 8k/ 1:09:39 5mi/ 1:33:03 10k/ 3:20:40 Half
2019 Goals 1,250 miles/ Fundraise, Train, and Execute the 3-Day / Race a half marathon/ Try for a sub-6 hour marathonRun, consistently, without fail
I fly.
Bring it on.
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A Saucy Wench
100 days may be my last, the left hamstring, the same one that had me benched for 6 weeks popped in the first 0.25 miles of my 5K tonight. I'll see tomorrow how bad it is, but I am probably mostly going to swim tomorrow.
MTA: or drink heavily last night, be hungover and laze around today. I havent even tried running today and dont think I will.
MTA2: nope. the streak is over.
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
MTA2: nope. the streak is over.
Sorry to hear that Anne, but I hope your injuries heal up better this time.
I did a mile and a hlf this morning really just to pick up donuts for the kids. Then I did a half mile loop around the block barefoot. IT actually felt pretty good - though the bottoms of my feet need to toughen up. I am hoping that it helps my foot feel better for tomorrow's longer run, but my friends just copped out and only want to do 5 instead of the 8 we had planned.
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Roads were made for journeys...
Ennay, I'm sorry to hear about your hamstring! Those things can be a real pain to heal. Don't stretch an injured hamstring, and take it easy much longer than you think you'll need because that particular muscle seems to keep coming back with problems for people. You may want to see a sports doc. Good luck!
If it is the same thing I had in january, the hamstring itself is not injured. Its just relayed pain. The injury is in the tibufibular joint.
The major question is why it keeps going out.
And there are no sports docs around here that I can find.
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Chris, I hope you can find some enjoyment in completely throwing out pace concerns and just going easy for a while-- hopefully even quite a while.
And taking it easy sounds like a good idea, cause, you know, you can always rush into injury later if you decide you really miss being injured
Ennay -- no sports docs? That sucks. But there are some elite athletes in your state, right? Must be some docs wherever they are.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Ennay -- no sports docs? That sucks. But there are some elite athletes in your state, right? Must be some docs wherever they are.
I know pisses me off. They are all under contract with Nike. I know there must be some somewhere, but no one seems to know where.
~Sara It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. ~ Jimmy Dugan
Ennay, I'm so sorry, that's horrible. I hope it's not as serious as before.
Well I thought it wasnt, I actually have felt pretty good all weekend but didnt try running but then this morning I bent down to pick up something and I heard a crack and collapsed to the floor. So not good. Same damn joint problem.

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Jolt Awards: And the Round 2 Winners Are...
Round 2 of the Jolt Product Excellence Awards in the App Libraries and Frameworks category is complete and the winners are.... wait a minute, we need a drum roll, please. There, that's a little better.
Telerik's Premium Collection for .NET is this year's recipient of the Jolt Product Excellence Award in the Application Libraries and Frameworks category. As Jolt Awards judge Robert DelRossi explains here Telerik's library is both deep and wide. It's deep in that the components included deftly handle a significant number of common developer needs. It's wide in that the covers the range of Microsoft platforms including ASP.NET, Silverlight, Windows Forms, and WPF. Telerik rounds the package out with additional libraries for report generation, object relational mapping, and code analysis. Congratulations Telerik.
Also in the Application Libraries and Frameworks category, /n software's Red Carpet Subscription is one of two recipients of a Jolt Productivity Award. As Jolt judge Mike Riley is quick to point out in this report /n software's selection is a smart choice to consider if you have mission-critical cross-platform software projects that rely on secure business processes.
The other Jolt Productivity Award in the Application Libraries and Frameworks category goes to JUCE, short for "Jules' Utility Class Extensions" -- a C++ class library for developing cross-platform applications. And, says judge David Dossot in his report, "cross-platform" includes the iPhone.
Congratulations to all of the winners in Round 2. Due to the high number of quality software tools nominated, the judges had a tough time in evaluating and selecting the winners. So thanks to the judges for a lot of late nights.
Looking ahead, judging is already underway for Rounds 3 and 4 -- Mobile and Web Development and Development Environment, respectively. Which means it isn't too soon to begin the nomination process for Round 6 -- Testing and Debugging Tools. If you have a deserving product or know/use one, send your nomination to [email protected] right away!


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1. Refrain from nagging and reminding. If a job is forgotten, ask the kids to look at the chore list to check if everything is done.
2. If the kids forget to do a chore, use a sense of humor. One mother brought a pot of soup to the table and pretended to ladle the soup into imaginary bowls. The table setter for the evening suddenly realized he had forgotten his job and ran quickly to bring the bowls before the soup hit the table.
3. Use mutually agreed-upon nonverbal reminders if a chore is forgotten. Many kids like the signal of an upside-down plate at the table. When the plate is upside down, it reminds the kids that part of the routine needs to be completed before sitting down to eat.
Children can learn that they are part of the family and people need their help. They're capable and skilled and can be useful, for themselves and others.
1. Children aren't born with the competency to do jobs efficiently and quickly. As a matter of fact, it's usually more work to have them help. If, however, you send them out to play so you can zip through the housework, you teach children they're not really needed. Later you may complain that you have to do it all.
2. The extra effort it takes to involve and train children to help the family is worth it because they learn skills such as keeping commitments, planning ahead, following through, organizing their time, and juggling several tasks at a time.
Three-year-old Kristin asked if she could help clean the house in preparation for company coming to dinner. Her mom asked if she would like to do the bathroom, and she said yes. Kristin took a can of cleanser and a cloth into the bathroom. When Kristin was finished, she said to her mom, "The bathroom is all cleaned up! I like helping you clean." Her mom got busy and forgot to check Kristin's work.
The guests used the bathroom several times during the evening without comment. After they left, Kristin's mom went into the bathroom. To her shock, she saw that Kristin had used an entire can of cleanser. There was white powder everywhere. Kristin's mom laughed to herself as she thought about what her guests might have been thinking when they took their turn in the bathroom. She realized Kristin needed more time for training in the use of cleanser.
1 For more information on motivating family members of all ages to help with chores, see Lynn Lott and Riki Intner, Chores Without Wars (Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, 1998.)
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DLW: Zucchini, Goat Cheese & Pasilla Pepper Tarts
We've discussed my love for tarts in the past…and here is yet another example. Throw it in a crust and I'll love it. Put some simply dressed greens next to it…and I just might swoon!
This is a great way to use up small portions of leftovers. I chopped an onion, diced a zucchini and a pasilla pepper and sautéed them all together with salt and pepper and a little lemon juice.
Pre-baked the tart shells for a few minutes and spooned in the filling, topped with crumbled goat cheese and baked them again for another 5-10 minutes.
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Mrs. Rep: "I did, but they drove me nuts. This morning I couldn't take it anymore. I called in sick for my husband, and told him I was going to work. He can deal with them."


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Someone needs to tow this thing. Parked right next to the BUS STAND NO PARKING sign, and parked facing against traffic. He must be VERY important. Didn't you know important people drive 1999 Firebirds?
Bus reflectivity.
I love helicopters.
It's a shame this one was transporting a baby that'd fallen down a flight of stairs. No, it wasn't anyone I know, but as far as I can tell, it survived after they got it stabilized.
I'd really love to ride in a helicopter and a hot air balloon some day. Both seem like fun. I do hope I never have to ride LifeStar, though.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Faux Toes. March 12, 2009
Someone needs to tow this thing. Parked right next to the BUS STAND NO PARKING sign, and parked facing against traffic. He must be VERY important. Didn't you know important people drive 1999 Firebirds?
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When I lived in Atlanta (and neighboring DeKalb County) they would ticket cars parked facing traffic. Around Austin I often see cars parked on fire hydrants and nothing appears to be done about it. Sigh...
- March 12, 2009 10:03 PM
- GhostRider said...
Riding in a helicopter is every bit as fun as it looks...back in 1985, I got a ride on a U.S. Army "AirEvac" Huey from Landstuhl to Heidelberg, W. Germany. The hospital told me, "you could wait around for a transport bus that comes in a couple hours, or if you can get ready in 5 minutes, there's a helicopter heading your way...which would you prefer?" I was 14 -- what do you think I chose!!!
F4 jets were doing manuvers in the area, and they came close enough that we passengers could see the pilots inside. So awesome!
- March 15, 2009 5:22 AM
Flying a helicopter is awesome man. Riding a bike to fly one is even better. If you're ever out my way I'll at least get you in the cockpit to check it out close up.
- March 15, 2009 7:34 AM
- Warren T said...
Hmmmm. That last picture looks kind of familiar...
- March 18, 2009 9:18 PM
- Noah said...
Yes it does. Never a good time at the hospital, ever. :(
- March 18, 2009 9:30 PM
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The Joy of Holiday (Re) Giving
What's the most popular gift this season? A re-gift.
Dec. 18, 2012 -- Judy Twersky can't throw away a gift. Doesn't matter if it cost 25 cents and has tentacles growing out of it, she simply can't toss out a present.
"It feels so wasteful to throw something away when I know there are other people out there who would enjoy it," Twersky, a 60-year-old publicist in New York told ABC News.
So this is a great time of year for Twersky, because it gives her the chance to indulge in one of her favorite pastimes: The Regift.
Ah, yes. The Regift. As every Seinfeld fan knows, regifting--that is, repurposing an unwanted object for someone else's delight--is a ubiquitous part of the holiday season, and, let's face it, graduations, anniversaries, birthdays and weddings.
According to a recent online survey conducted by Bookoo.com, a virtual yard sale community, 92 percent of 3,774 people interviewed think it's completely acceptable to regift, and more than 62 percent plan on doing so this year.
Home décor products (63 percent), antiques (63 percent) and books (59 percent) are among the most popular regifted items, but the survey also found that nothing is too outrageous to be passed along: Monogrammed clothing--with someone else's initials on them; two-year-old fruitcake (that the person had originally given the gifter); a box of chocolates with bites taken out of several pieces; an outdated desk calendar; partly used gift cards; and–yes—even a used toilet seat (don't ask).
"My brother used to give me gift cards for things I would never use, like Omaha Steaks when I was a vegetarian," Doug Evans, 28, a graduate student at Marshall University in Charleston, W.V., told ABC News.
A self-described "total regifter" who themes his holiday parties around re-gifting unopened presents from years past, Evans takes his practice seriously. "I do a pretty good job remembering who gave me the things in my closets and storage boxes that I never use," he said, acknowledging the inherent risks in mistakenly re-gifting a gift to the original giver.
This has happened to Twersky, the "Queen of Regifting," twice. "In both instances, the people sounded very sincere so I don't think they even realized that in fact they were pretending to have bought me 'perfect black onyx earrings' which I had already given them," she said.
With that in mind, not everyone thinks re-gifting is socially acceptable. Charles Purdy, author of Urban Etiquette, believes we should adhere to the adage about the thought counting more than the gift.
"Seeming to reject a present can seem to reject the thoughtfulness of the giver, which you definitely don't want to do," Purdy told ABC News. He suggests not regifting, or only doing so when the person who gave you the gift in the first place is sure to not find out. "Of course, every relationship is different -- you may know that the giver won't be offended if his or her gift finds a better home with someone else, so that's an exception."
But Bruce Weinstein, the author of Ethical Intelligence, feels differently. The way he sees it, regifting--a practice he calls "benevolent deception"--is a moral obligation, at least from an environmental standpoint.
"We have limited resources on the planet. Who would object to reduce, reuse and recycle as a general principle?" Weinstein told ABC News. "If you get something that can benefit others, it would be wrong not to give it to them--especially in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, where so many people lost and need things like clothing and food that we might get or don't want.
"Let's say your friend is a huge friend of The Munstes, but she's never owned it and I give you the complete DVD--and you don't like it," he continued. "You could, out of a fear of hurting my feelings, just hang onto it. But the point of giving a gift is to please the recipient. So what the heck does it matter to her if you buy it or got it another way? What matters to her is that she got a complete Munsters set. By the same token, you don't have to tell me you've given it away."
And, he added, if someone gives you an unwelcome gift but expects to see you using it, the "ethical obligations to avoid causing harm and to respect others requires you to bite the bullet and go along with it," he said.
Indeed, regifting is an art that must be practiced delicately. Jewelry designer Jodi Newbern, the author of Regifting Revival!: A Guide to Reusing Gifts Graciously, recommends "tasteful regifting." That unopened box of toothpicks? Don't just give it to your brother-in-law because it's still wrapped and you know he likes to clean his teeth after a meal; instead, try to give something a little more nuanced (gold plated toothpicks, perhaps?).
Jodi R. R. Smith, who runs Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting, in Marblehead, Mass., has a series of tips for successful regifiting. Among them:
Present it well: "Just as a gourmet meal would lose its appeal served in a Styrofoam box, care and consideration should be given to the wrapping, ribbon and bows on the re-gifted gift," she said. "Also, take the time to be sure any original cards have been completely removed."
Separate circles: Make sure the person who gave you the gift does not know and/or interact with the person to whom you are giving the gift. "The more unusual the item, the more the distance should be between the giver and the re-giftee," she said.
Be honest--sometimes: In certain instances, it's perfectly fine to tell people the item is a re-gift, especially if it's a family heirloom, jewel or expensive piece of china. "Your uncle's old car as a 16th birthday present is really quite thoughtful," she said.
Above all, make sure the item has never been worn, used, washed, played with, or drunk, as Twerksy learned when she gave her superintendent a bottle of brandy that was --oops!--half empty.
"It was this blue-glass bottle and had a fancy label and looked to me like it was sealed tight," she recalled with a laugh. "He said, 'In the future you might want to think about getting me a bottle that hasn't been opened.' I thought he was joking. He wasn't."
Not surprisingly, she was mortified--and ended up blaming the liquor store for selling her a used bottle. She has never regifted alcohol again.


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Is Your Product Or Service the Answer to a Problem?
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Why do you to to the doctor or dentist? You might go to a doctor to get a cold "fixed", or to get a broken bone "fixed", or maybe just to get a check up to make sure there aren't any unseen problems!
The same thing with your dentist, you go to get a cavity "fixed" or non perfect teeth "fixed", or maybe just to get a check-up to make sure there aren't any unseen problems!
You take your car to the garage to get it "fixed", or for maintenance to make sure there aren't any unseen problems. How about buying clothes–making sure you look your very best–getting your ego "fixed" or buying food–making sure you don't go hungry–getting your hunger "fixed", buying health or life or car insurance, making sure you will "fix" or prevent the problem of not having money to live on during a crisis–giving you peace of mind. You get the point, right? All buying is to "fix" a problem.
So, when you own a business, that's what you need to focus on–fixing or preventing problems.
Treat your clients with respect knowing that they count on you to "fix" or prevent their problems, whether those problems are seen or unseen, big or small , frivolous or totally necessary.
For maximum results, advertise with a mindset of "fixing" or preventing problems.
Give your very best customer service, solve a client's problem or give him peace of mind for preventing a problem and you will build a trusting relationship, which will lead to high-quality referrals that will increase your sales.
You are not just peddling items or giving advice or whatever it is that you do. No, it's much more than that, you see, You are part of the big picture of fixing or preventing a problem in people's lives.
Do whatever you do with pride, go the extra mile, love what you do and get out there and fix problems!
Diane Finch, as co-owner of Longhorn Consulting LLC, works at researching and developing individualized programs for small to medium-sized businesses to improve sales through referrals, customer service and marketing. Longhorn Consulting LLC has lots of experience through Diane's background of customer service and management in banking and co-owner, Ronn Cruz's 24 years experience restructuring businesses all over Canada, Europe and the United States. Together we customize result-oriented programs that result in maximizing your bottom line.


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Zetas crimping gas industry in northern Mexico
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — The brutal Zetas gang poses among the most daunting challenges to the development by Mexican and U.S. companies of Mexico's abundant shale gas reserves near the Texas border.
The Mexican gas fields extend from the booming Eagle Ford play of South Texas deep into the ranch and coal country stretching inland from this violent border city. This is Zetas country, among the most fearsome of the country's criminal badlands.
U.S. and Mexican energy companies long have been besieged by the gangsters here — their workers assaulted, extorted or murdered — despite the presence of thousands of soldiers, marines and federal police.
Northern Mexico's gas production has suffered for years as gangland threats or attacks have kept workers from servicing the well heads, pipelines and drilling rigs in the Burgos Basin, the territory between the Rio Grande and the city of Monterrey, which now provides up to 20 percent of Mexico's natural gas.
"Petroleos Mexicanos has problems with security issues, principally in Burgos," Guillermo Dominuez, a senior member of the government's National Hydrocarbons Commission, has told the Mexico City newspaper Reforma.
In March, two men working for a Mexican company doing contract work for Houston-based Halliburton disappeared outside Piedras Negras, which is upriver from Laredo.
Halliburton declined to comment on the contractors' disappearance. But company spokeswoman Tara Mullee-Agard said "employees receive security briefings and updates on a recurring basis to ensure they are informed about the current threat conditions.
"Halliburton's top priority is the safety and security of all its personnel across the globe," she said. "To that end, Halliburton has detailed, pragmatic and regionalized security and risk measures in place."
At least eight Pemex and contract employees vanished in May 2010 near a gas facility a few miles from the border at Falcon Lake, territory under the Zetas' firm control.
"Many companies that were active in the areas have stopped until Pemex or the government can provide security," said an employee of one of the Reynosa-based companies, speaking on condition of anonymity. "In places where there have been incidents, we don't operate any more. There is no movement at night like there used to be. When darkness falls, we stop wherever we are.
"The situation has been controlled somewhat in Reynosa, but it's a real problem near Piedras Negras," the employee said by phone. "Those who have worked there report seeing groups of armed men."
Coahuila state officials blame the Zetas for Monday's mass escape of 131 inmates from a prison in Piedras Negras, the city bordering Eagle Pass that's considered the gateway to Mexico's shale gas reserves.
The insecurity in Mexico's gas fields contrasts sharply with the drilling and production frenzy seizing the ranchlands just north of the border. Oil field pickups and semi-trailer fuel tankers choke U.S. 83, the once desolate ranch-country highway that cuts northwest from Laredo though the lower reaches of the Eagle Ford.
Some 6,000 drilling permits have been issued for the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas, and 550 wells are producing there. Pemex so far has drilled just five exploratory wells so far, but hopes to drill 170 more in the next four years. The company last week announced that it planned to spend $200 million on exploration in the short term.
The exploratory wells are being drilled to the south of Piedras Negras, ranch and coal country that has been relatively violence free in recent years. But that tranquility may owe to the dominance of the Zetas than to rule of law.
"Violence has gone down, but that doesn't mean the Zetas have gone away. They are in control," said a U.S. official in Mexico knowledgeable of the situation. "They are pretty much just doing their thing."
The Zetas' spats with rivals have turned Coahuila's other large cities — Torreon in the west, Monclova in the center and Saltillo in the east — into some of Mexico's fiercest gangland battlegrounds.
But perhaps nowhere is the Zetas challenge clearer than in Nuevo Laredo, a crucial gateway for both legitimate and illicit trade.
Mexico's plague of hyper-violence began here in 2004 and has continued since.
The Zetas first rose to prominence in that early fighting as enforcers for the Gulf Cartel, also based in the cities bordering South Texas. But they broke violently with their former patrons in early 2010 and have expanded their reach since.
Gangland slaughter has surged anew here with scores of people killed this month, including entire families gunned down as they've fled firebombed homes and nine men dumped last week on a busy overpass.
"Zetas are pretty much in control, but they have been challenged," the U.S. official said. "You have all these groups fighting one another, shifting alliances and internal fights within the groups.
"It's a wilderness of mirrors."


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ESPN Boston's Chris Forsberg spoke with Glen "Big Baby" Davis at a court makeover community project in Medford today about the uncertainty of the offseason, free agency, and his mental game.
A topic that was not included in the video dealt with Davis' communication with Doc and Danny Ainge, to which Big Baby said, "I don't try to pay attention. I know Doc talks a lot. I don't pay attention to that. That's what he does. That's Doc, he loves to talk. Danny, he's doing what he's doing, concentrating on the NBA Draft. He's not concentrating [on free agency], he doesn't need to concentrate on me right now. I don't really stay in touch with those guys. I've seen Danny once, everything's been great."
Do you think we will or will not see Big Baby in Celtics green next season? Read the full article on ESPN Boston.
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Avenue says:
trade his fat unproductive ass dude gave us nothing in the playoffs
People are quick to want to run Big Baby out of town. At one point people were calling for him to be the 6th Man of the Year. Then he got hurt, but came back and played (unlike Shaq) and yes he did suck. Thing is you can't solely base his value on his poor playoffs. And if you do let him walk are you willing to go into the season wth KG as your only healthy big man? JO has a bum wrist and everyone else is gone. So who's going to play all the minutes? Or is KG going to play 48 mins a night and is Jeff Green going to play the 4?
Chandler, Nene, and Jordan are all out of our price range. I'm assuming Dalembert is as well. So who exactly is going to play for us? Perk, Semih, Shaq, and Krstic are not walking through that door.
If you go by BBD's tone he seems unhappy.
Anyhoo, I hope that the communication improves between the 3 of them, because there seems to be slim pickins out there for the C's. Also, if it's true what he says about DA focusing on the draft. I can understand focusing on the draft, but they still need to pay a lot of attention to the FA's(on the team) because the draft will not solve all of the C's problems.
Aaand! Couldn't said it better JR.
*have said*
Yeah QD. His tone is kind of wack, but we have to have someone play down low, so if he can't get a lucrative offer elsewhere, I'd be fine with him back on the C's.
Avenue, He's a FA, so we can't really trade him at this point. Anyone who wants him can just sign him. And he's not going to demand enough that a team would have to sign and trade for him. They can just sign him outright.
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I love Big Baby and his personality. He played like crap in the Off Season, but he was playing really well earlier in the year and if we can get that production consistently from him, we should def keep him. But his inconsistency is really hard to deal with.
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I meant to say post season not off season.
I agree JR, I actually like BBD. I was disappointed in his performance this post season, like everyone else, but I don't want to see the team just toss him to the side(especially when they don't have much to choose from). Though I do blame him for his conditioning(or lack there of). I also believe that it was a mental thing. I think his(uncertain)free agency coming up, and the aquisition of JG played a big part in that. But to say "hey get rid of this guy", I think is jumping the gun a bit.
I also agree with you DH, but there was a lot of inconsistancy from the team as a whole this season. I'm sure the trade played a hand in it, but the players have to take some of the blame as well.
*consistency* Gotta watch out for the "Grammar/spelling Popo's".
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I don't think his tone is that bad. He's clearly still disappointed with how he played at the end of the season, and he's publicly confirming the fact that, mentally, he wasn't where he needed to be. Not exactly an easy thing to admit to a bunch of smarmy sports reporters. That said, I really enjoy BBGD's unique personality, and when his mind and body are healthy, I think he's a tremendous role player. I may be in the minority, but I hope we find a way to bring him back, and I hope he finds a way to better himself.
tb727 says:
How about Carl Landry in his place? He'll beast on offensive glass on the Celts
How would we get Landry?
tb727 says:
Isn't he a free agent? He made $3 million last year. I rather pay for Landry than Davis.
Agree on Landry tb. Don't know how bright baby's future is - being overweight shortens your productive career. No way I'd give him a 5 year deal. Three would be pushing it for me. I think we might have seen his best already. No way I'd give him a 5 year deal. A modest three would be it for me.
If he can handle a future of bringing hustle and energy off the bench for a reasonable price I'll keep him.
JR, I get your point but I sure wouldn't want to go into the season with KG and Baby as the only healthy bigs, either. Baby is a spot starter and a role player off the bench. He only qualifies as a big in girth and positioning when active as his height and lack of verticle hardly qualify as big as even Green.
Sounds like we could use Perk and Semih right about now huh ThomasJ?
All the people who were like, "I wouldn't pay Perk 30 million" are going to find out it won't be so easy to get a decent center. Unless we get lucky with Dalembert, we're going to be looking at guys like Eddy Curry and Kwame Brown to man the middle.
Who needs Perk and Semih when you have broken down O'Neals?
Scary that it could come to Kwame and Curry.
JR. Celtics could get Dalembert. they are one of the teams expected to try to sign him, according to ESPN. so clearly he isn't too far out of our price range.


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The corporation is listed on the Stock Exchange in Tokyo and is the 7th biggest manufacturer of semiconductors in the world. It has an extremely wide portfolio of products that branch into many of the world's branches of electronics.
Toshiba became heavily involved in the production of consumer TVs in 2001 when it partnered up with Orion Electric, one of the biggest supplier of video electronic equipment. The move was seen as necessary to meet demand in the North American market. This partnership lasted some 8 years before the pair parted company.
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The company's foray into the production of home laptops began some 32 years ago. Its first model, the HX-10 had a Z80A processor with a cassette interface and cartridge slot. It was released in May 1984 and had just 64 Kilobytes of RAM. At that time, it sold for the princely sum of £279.
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The developers at Fluendo have been working on an open-source, cross-platform media center application called Elisa. Version 0.3.3, which was released last week, includes a complete user interface overhaul that dramatically improves usability.
Elisa offers all of the basic features one would expect from a media center application, including support for video and audio playback as well as image slide shows. Elisa allows users to browse and load content from local drives, but also provides support for remote content—like videos from YouTube, audio from local network DAAP shares or Shoutcast streams, and images from Flickr.
I've kept a close eye on Elisa since the earliest public releases, and I consider this the first release that is actually ready for general usage. When I tested the 0.1.3 release exactly one year ago, I felt that it had potential, but I got frustrated with configuration challenges and usability issues. Much has changed in one year, and those problems appear to have been resolved. The new user interface is much more functional and includes really impressive visual effects like animations, reflections, gradients, and translucency. The new grid and list thumbnail views for images and video content are more practical than the simple row view that was used in previous versions.
Input devices are also handled better in this release. Mouse support is now present throughout the entire user interface and the program was able to automatically detect and support my StreamZap IR remote without needing any additional configuration beyond what LIRC already requires. This version also supports kinetic scrolling, a feature that is particularly useful on touch-screens (Elisa is quite resource intensive, though, so don't expect to see it on a Nokia Internet Tablet in the near future).
Under the hood, Elisa is coded in Python, which makes it relatively easy to modify and extend. Elisa's multimedia playback capabilities are provided by GStreamer and the user interface is developed with Pigment, a GObject-based canvas library that is also being developed by Fluendo.
Elisa is starting to look pretty hot, but there are still a few minor issues that I encountered while testing 0.3.3. I experienced a few crashes while navigating through the program's menus, and I also noticed a few minor rendering glitches in the path bar. Some widescreen movies don't stretch horizontally to fill the screen and only play in a block in the very center. I also found that the Folders option, which allows you to browse your home directory, is only available for Elisa's movie player and not for the audio player or image viewer.
If the developers can get the kinks worked out and implement full DVR support, Elisa could end up being a serious Myth-killer. I'm looking forward to seeing how the program evolves as additional features are added. Users who want to give it a spin on their own computers can grab the source tarballs or get packages from Fluendo's Ubuntu repository.


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Antibiotic resistance is a threat to public health. It compromises the treatment of infected patients, in particular that of the most severely ill patients. Increasingly, intensive care physicians in Europe are confronted with infections caused by bacteria for which limited or no adequate treatment options are available.
ECDC calls for continued action to address antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings
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Selfish Self Promotion : Vote For Me!
I don't usually do this. I prefer for the fruits of my labor to speak for themselves. I didn't really promote my VMworld session for this reason. My theory was, if people want to see my session they will come if not they probably should be in Chad's or Scott's anyways 🙂
And all the plugins, virtual storage appliance, coding, and work for the community I do because I like to. Out of this I have made a great number of friends and have been having the time of my life.
I say all this because Eric Siebert has now officially opened voting for Top 25 Virtualization Blogs. This is something that I have used back before I knew anyone to find all the great virtualization peeps out there.
So all I ask is this: If something I have contributed from this site has benefited you in some way consider giving me a vote. Whether the vSphere Mini Monitor, Celerra UBER VSA's, vSphere WordPress Plugin, or blog articles about my job any consideration is appreciated. It would be really cool to show up somewhere in the final vote. Maybe not top 25 but top 50 would be awesome.
And I promise to take every vote as a sign I am helping and also promise some extremely cool stuff/posts in the near future.
So there is my selfish request, now back to creating stuff.
And even if you don't vote a single one for me. GO VOTE. Feedback is the key to a thriving community.
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Oh the ultra preppy, ultra fun and flirty color combo. Perfect for beach side, destination and tropical weddings that embrace the bright colors.
Depending on your details you can substitute traditional wedding dresses with patterned Lilly dresses. I will caution you. Lilly is not a cheap brand. But you get what you pay for, and your bridesmaids… providing they like to pop their collar as much as you do…. will thank you for opting for a dress they WILL actually wear again. If you're feeling extra sweet offer to pay for your bridesmaid dresses as a thank you for agreeing to make you their priority for the next 8 – 10 months. 🙂
AND… Lilly has a great part of their online shop called "The Little White Dress" which might be a perfect bridal outfit change for a more casual wedding, a rehearsal dinner or an out fit to leave your giant party in. People still do that right? A fun new take on the "honeymoon suit." Or keep with your own theme and don your own pink and green ensemble fit for traveling to someplace exotic, warm and honey-mooney.
You can always opt for something a little bit more conservative and go with solid colored bridesmaid dresses from David's Bridal in shades of pink or green with alternating colored flowers. Lime green dresses with bright pink flowers are beautiful! And a pale pink dress with a bouquets of green and white works too! Plus it's a little less expensive for your ladies in waiting. You can always incorporate the patterned look with "Little Lilly" for your flower girls. They have adorable children's dresses that are perfect for a preppy wedding.
I know I put this dress up a lot. It's just so pretty. I can't help it.
Even the groom and his boys can get in on the action. Brides.com put together this look for a preppy chic wedding.
Photo Credit: Three-button suit, Charles Tyrwhitt, ctskirts.co.uk. Pink-and-white striped shirt and tie with turtles, Vineyard Vines,vineyardvines.com.
Always Vineyard Vines Groomsmen ties. Always.
Photo Credit: A clutch of peonies, roses, ranunculus and hydrangeas adds a jolt of color; about $275, Belle Fleur, NYC, bellefleurny.com.
Invitations can go one of two ways too. Pick a solid color and embellish with the other color, or use both in a more complex patterned invite.
Greet your guests with this Pink and Green guest book and pen set from Etsy seller Creative Bridal Solutions.
I'm a big fan of the out of town bachelorette weekend. I'm a bigger fan of brides saying thanks to their bridesmaids as much as possible. Do you really have any idea how much money we are spending on you?? A lot.
To say thank you, fill a monogrammed (obviously) bag from The Palm Gifts with adorable preppy treats like, flip flops from J.Crew or these adorable pink and green checked ones from The Palm Gifts, Notecards from Lilly Pulitzer, and maybe even a silver monogrammed ring or preppy bachelorette coozies from Preppy Monogrammed Gifts. Also just a quick note about J.Crew… if you still have your student discount lying around you can get 15% off in-store (varies) purchases. Definitely worth using.
Seriously. How cute are those glasses!? I am obsessed. I love them. They are from Etsy seller The Preppy Polka Dot. They also have these adorable shot glasses with fun ribbon that would be adorable to carry around for a bachelorette party!
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When you choose a life partner, the other members of the family come along as free gifts! 🙂 Of course the 'mother-in-law' is the classic fraught relationship so it's no surprise that in this entertaining little whodunit it is she who ends up dead!
Playing on family dynamics, and full of twists and turns, this is a clever summer beach read with a surprisingly perfect and 'more-profound-than-I expected' ending which I did not see coming.


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Mata: I've hit new level under boss
Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata believes both he and the club are reaching new heights under Roberto Di Matteo.
While the Blues, who face Liverpool in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday, won the Champions League last season, their brand of football was far from universally admired. That has changed this season, though, with former Valencia man Mata at the heart of their new dynamic style.
"I think the football we're playing has taken the club, and my game, to a different level," Mata told the Daily Mirror. "We are playing the kind of football I have always loved to play, with freedom up front, all of us trying to pass and create with quality."
On manager Di Matteo he added: "His speeches in team meetings are very clever. And it's true that he knows how to go into each player. He talks with each of us about our rivals and how important it is to win trophies for this club.
"With me, he always gave me confidence. Of course, when you are playing well you don't need that. But when you are in a bad moment, you do need it, and Robbie knows when he has to say something and always gave that to me."


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Dominic Carter, author of the astonishing book, "No Momma's Boy," a shocking and heartwrenching chronicle of his incongruous childlife at the hands of his sexually abusive, schizophrenic mother, and host of NY1's "Inside City Hall," is slated to host Brooklyn's I Love To Read book fair.
The I Love to Read Book Fair is geared toward African American and Multicultural Authors and serves as a tribute to the contribution to the literary arena. Multi-Cultural books have experienced a tremendous amout of growth over the last couple of year, and is fueling growth in this sector.
The book fair looks to engage the whole family in America's pastime love for reading. I Love to Read Book Fair/Black History Month & Women's Month Celebration goal is to reach out to authors who want to turn their literary works into screen plays.
Authors are invited to compete in a special Authors Slam if they have a manu scri pt and register before the special designated early registration deadline.
I Love to Read Book Fair, February 22, 2008 - February 23, 2008
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Veteran newsman Dominic Carter has been described as the best political reporter working in New York television today. A fixture at NY1 since the newschannel launched in 1992, Carter in 2007 released a book on his life, titled No Momma's Boy, in which he chronicles his triumphant struggle to overcome his mother's mental illness while growing up in a Bronx housing project.
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New York Fashion Week is well-known for some of the trendiest and most inspiring makeup techniques during the year. Here are some of our favorite looks, straight from the runway:
Multi-colored smoky eye: As spotted in designer Altuzarra's show, adding a bit of color to a smoky eye can further help eyeshadow stand out. To achieve this look, blend colored eyeshadow on the bottom part of your eyelid, leaving the top lid for the grey smoky color.
Nude makeup: While nude lips or eyeshadow are not revolutionary, Oscar de la Renta's models donned completely nude makeup at the NYFW show. A few days a week, try the natural look with nude eyeshadow and lips. Use a shimmery gold or champagne colored eyeshadow for simple makeup application. For your lips, try peachy beige or peachy pink lipstick for a nude look.
Blue and Gold eyeshadow: If you want to add a little sparkle to your eyeshadow, try some glitter. Thakoon's runway show featured models with heavy blue eyeshadow and plenty of gold glitter on top of the lids for added sparkle.
Nail polish: Rebecca Minkoff's runway had the most unique nails during NYFW. To get the look, take five nail polish colors and use a thin paintbrush to place dots on your nail beds. Then, mix the colored dots with the paintbrush for a gorgeous mash-up on your nails. Finish the look with a clear topcoat.


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President Obama's comprehensive immigration reform bill, designed to make millions of undocumented workers legal citizens of the United States, has been moving ahead, but while the issue of illegal immigration will always be one of intense debate, financial planners like Larry Elkin, president of Palisades Hudson Financial Group, welcome the idea of a host of new American citizens coming from different parts of the world, and he believes that this is a reality financial planners across the nation must get comfortable with and be prepared to work with for the future of their own businesses.
"Every community that arrives in this country and climbs the economic ladder follows a similar path through which the wealth eventually starts to accumulate, and it is a big mistake for planners to say 'we only want to look at people who have already accumulated wealth,'" Elkin says.
Although the financial planning industry has by and large accepted the demographic changes in the U.S. population, the efforts to actually reach out to different communities have not, in Elkin's opinion, progressed as much as they should have. He believes there's still a long way to go before financial advisors truly accept the realities of a changing America, and figure out how they are going to deal with those changes.
"You do see an increase in affinity marketing, for example, where planners from one ethnic background seek out clients from another, the premise being that a common language can make people feel more comfortable and allow them to express themselves more naturally," he says. "But even advisors who don't speak another language should make themselves accessible to minorities, whether it's by hiring people who speak different languages or even having a different language on their website, to start with."
Essentially, an advisor doesn't need to be from a particular community in order to serve that community, and the very valid argument over striking a balance between running a profitable business and serving less affluent communities notwithstanding, Elkin thinks that belief will only change once the prevailing mindset on immigration changes.
"We have gone through cycles of immigration so many times, but wherever waves of immigrants have come from, the path they follow is the same, and immigrants have always contributed positively to society," he says. "Many financial advisors are afraid of taking a stand, yet they are in a position to point out if they believe, as I do, that the free movement of human capital is just as important for economic progress and growth. This is what we need to emphasize."


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It is officially a new year, and yes Praxedes, we somehow survived the annual mandatory blood alcohol poisoning that is part of the rituals of ringing out the old and ringing in the new.
Below, numbered for enumeration and not for order of importance, are my memorable basketball moments for 2017:
1. Kevin Durant made the move and won his championship ring.
There are those who think Durant ought to be commended for finally coming to terms with the fact that he and Russell Westbrook will never win an NBA world title together in Oklahoma City.
There are also those who think Durant should never ever be allowed into the Hall of Fame because he took the easiest way out of that little conundrum by signing with the Golden State Warriors, effectively ensconcing the NBA title in the West for all time, or at least the next decade.
Durant did what he had to do, and did it at a time when he can still win multiple championships in Oakland. Yes, if he was as great as he thinks he is then he should have stayed in Oklahoma and proven it.
But then again, he doesn't owe anybody any explanation or excuse about making a move that is simply a no-brainer if he wants to have the one thing that all the true greats have, a championship.
Unless LeBron James is cloned in Cleveland then the NBA has become boring for the next decade or so.
2. Ginebra retains its Governors Cup title.
Ginebra San Miguel and Meralco played to a record crowd of over 54,000 fans at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan in the Mother of all Game 7's as the Gin Kings retained their PBA Governors Cup championship.
Greg Slaughter, who sat out the 2016 title run due to injury, finally got his first PBA championship on the hardwood floor.
Meralco put up a heck of a fight, but in the end the superior size of Ginebra proved just to big (literally) an obstacle to overcome.
If the Game 7 box office and television share was any indication, Ginebra is still the lifeblood of the PBA.
3. Lyceum went from shit to sweep in the NCAA.
Talk about the Lyceum Pirates in the NCAA and you'd normally get word associations such as "cellar dweller", "league doormat", "whipping boys". At least until this season.
This season the Pirates completed an historic 18-game regular season sweep of the NCAA, including two tough games against reigning champion San Beda.
Granted they eventually folded when it mattered most, getting swept 2-0 in the Finals as the Red Lions went on to continue their NCAA Dynasty.
Still, no one can ever take away what Coach Topex Robinson, CJ Perez and the rest of the Pirates achieved this season. That si probably a record that will stand for the better part of this century.
4. Christian Standhardinger, through no fault of his own, is now June Mar Fajardo's teammate.
Mention Christian Standhardinger and what automatically comes to mind is the controversial trade that allowed the already powerful San Miguel Beer franchise to draft him with the Number 1 pick in the 2017 PBA Rookie Draft.
No one except the most hardcore of hoops fans even heard of Standhardinger before this year.
He is a strapping and active 6-foot-8 Filipino-German forward who spent his college years in the US NCAA.
Then Gilas head coach Chot Reyes summoned him for national team duty and he answered the call.
Although he was classified by FIBA as a naturalized player and not a local, he saw action with Gilas and showed Pinoy fans why Reyes wanted him.
Fast forward to Draft Day 2017 and Kia gives up the rights to the Number 1 pick in favor of some role players, allowing the Beermen to nab Standhardinger.
He now gets to play alongside four-time MVP Fajardo, although not right away since he still has an active ABL contract to play out.
5. Chito Narvasa resigns as PBA Commissioner following the Standhardinger controversy.
Kia, as mentioned above, gave up the chance to get Standhardinger in the draft essentially for three role players: JR Reyes, Ronald Tubid, and Filipino-American Rashawn McCarthy. Uh, who? Yes Praxedes, that was what everybody thought as well.
Anyway, where were we? Ah yes, Narvasa.
This trade would not have been consummated had Narvasa not approved it as Commissioner.
This then led to a "schism" of sorts within the PBA Board, with five team allied with the San Miguel Corporation on one side, supporting Narvasa, and seven teams led by the PLDT Group on the other side asking for Narvasa's head on a platter.
Although Narvasa held out for a while, he did eventually give up and resign.
Truth be told nobody would ever in a million


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When the dollar starts to gain ground, it comes as a double-edged sword for economies in the emerging markets. Generally a strong dollar means more expensive imports for the emerging markets especially from the US. On the other hand, this means that exports from the emerging markets become cheaper in the US and other countries which prefer making their payments in USD.
But as it is always in the dynamic economic environment, there are numerous factors that always come into play and complicate the whole smooth picture.
Countries within the emerging markets with protectionist's economic policies might welcome the strong dollar as good news. This comes to back up their policies which tend to encourage more exports and reduce imports to their countries. The main motive is usually to protect the local companies and industries from an influx of imported cheap competing products. While increasing custom duties and other tariff measures are commonly used to achieve this goal, a strong dollar also perpetuates the same mission and hence it is a welcome dynamic.
In terms of exports, emerging markets may stand to gain from the strong dollar as their exports become relatively cheaper. Essentially, the expectation would be that there will be increased exports to the US and other countries paying using the USD. However, senior analyst Naeem Aslam from AvaTrade- the forex broker observes that based on historical trends, a bump in imports by the US in the short-run due to the strong dollar is unlikely. This he explains is due to the economic lag before US companies make changes to their procurement schedules; which are at times fixed on long term basis.
The same dilemma facing exports from emerging markets also faces their tourism sectors. With a strong dollar, it would be expected that more tourists will flock the emerging markets and enjoy leaner travelling budgets while there. However, with tourists taking time to plan for their travelling and getting leaves from their jobs, the strong dollar will not automatically translate to higher tourist numbers in the emerging markets. In Kenya, tour operators say they do not foresee a rise in tourism numbers based on the strong dollar due to the threat of terrorism that has led to tourist numbers going down by 25% for the past six months to date.
Another interesting dynamic are the USD dominated external debts that most emerging economies have. The Economist observes that about $4.5trillion of US debt stock out of America is held by companies in the emerging markets. As the dollar continues to be stronger, the dollar dominated debts get more expensive and this becomes a new headache for the emerging economies. An argument can be made about the emerging economies having both liabilities and assets dominated in the USD; but when all is said and done, the net impact is always that their liabilities exceed their USD assets.
Stock markets in the emerging economies could also look lucrative with the strengthening dollar. Popular traders in the markets claim that money is made when buying and not when selling. If that were to hold true in this case, foreign investors would rush to invest in the emerging economies' stock markets due to the relative cheap stocks on a dollar basis. However, it turns out that the same investors will lose when cashing out their investments and converting them into USD from a depreciating currency. This further complicates the investor decision, leaving many in a dilemma.
There are many other factors at play in this scenario; but regardless which factors you choose to pick and analyze, the end results is an economic dilemma. However, there is an obvious lose on the side of emerging economies whose national policies are sometimes driven by policies made by the US and those whose currencies are pegged on the USD.


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- American Heroes #3 - Jonathan Sprout
- Banjo To Beatbox - Cathy & Marcy With Special Guest Christylez Bacon
- Family Time - Ziggy Marley
- Great Day - Milkshake
- Jumpin' & Jammin' - Greg & Steve
- Pete Seeger Tribute: Ageless Kids' Songs - Buck Howdy
The six Best Spoken Word Album For Children nominees are:
- Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs - Buck Howdy
- Captain Nobody - Dean Pitchford
- Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales - (Various Artists including Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johannson, Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker & others) - Sharon Gelman, Michele McGonigle & Alfre Woodard, producers
- The Phantom Tollbooth - David Hyde Pierce
- Scat - Ed Asner
- Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There - Harlan Ellison
According to Zooglobble blog, these awards will be handed out on Sunday afternoon and you can watch live streaming video at GRAMMY Live. (No prime-time coverage for these children's media awards, the way it sounds.) We're excited to find out which albums will receive a GRAMMY.
The kids and I recently had the chance to listen to American Heroes #3 by Jonathan Sprout. This album by singer-songwriter Jonathan Sprout is the third in an educational series of biographical songs highlighting famous Americans. In American Heroes #3, Sprout focuses on the 10 following remarkable individuals: Milton Hershey, John Muir, Elizabeth Blackwell, Jonas Salk, Jane Addams, George Washington Carver, Wilma Rudolph, Thomas Jefferson, Pocahontas and Cesar Chavez. The CD, released in 2009, has won eight awards and a GRAMMY Nomination.
When I was in eighth grade, my history teacher taught us about the War of 1812 and played a recording of the song, "The Battle of New Orleans." Now I don't remember too many of my history lessons, but I do clearly recall listening to the song in class and thinking it was a fun, catchy and interesting way to learn about history. (The song was originally written by Jimmy Driftwood to teach history to his high school students and Johnny Horton's version hit number one on the charts in 1959.) I can still recite the lyrics to this day, so I am living proof that using music as a device for learning works.
Sprout's songs teach children American history in the same way - through music. He incorporates various musical styles from pop to gospel into his songs and often uses backup singers to highlight key chorus phrases. Sprout's album differs stylistically from other children's albums. His story-songs have an adult contemporary sound. While I'm not sure if this is something parents would normally pop in the player for repetitive play, the album is an excellent supplement for home history studies and useful tool for teachers in school classrooms.
The detailed illustration on the cover shows all the female and male American heroes featured in the album, with a particularly large inset of one of my favorite naturalists, John Muir, "the father of our national parks" (though I wish Sprout would have mentioned Muir's Wisconsin roots in his brief biographical note that accompanies the song "Come Back Home"). The album insert provides brief biographies of each of the heroes. Not surprisingly my daughter took a particular liking to "Chocolate King," a song about Milton Hershey. She likes her chocolate and there's a lot to like about the man himself. He gave away his entire fortune to a school for orphans, and Sprout chose to highlight this act of philanthropy in his "Chocolate King" song. "Peanut Man," the song about George Washington Carver has a catchy refrain, Hey, Mr. Peanut Man. Many schools across the U.S. have been named for César Chávez, so I was especially interested to listen to "Si Se Puede!" (Yes We Can), a song about the legendary labor leader from California. Jonathan Sprout brings history alive in an entertaining and memorable way with this educational American Heroes album.
(CD Source: review copy provided for free for review purposes by Jonathan Sprout and ASAP Productions & Public Relations. All opinions expressed are my own. View my full disclosure statement for more information about my reviews.)


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